GRE Word List
SINECURE
an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
The meaning of the word sinecure is an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| junket | trip |
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| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |